A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

The saddest little diner in New York.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.